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Old 02-01-2013, 03:23 PM   #9
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Default Re: Why doesn't Brawling have a Default?

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Originally Posted by vierasmarius View Post
Just to present a dissenting view point (and probably get shot down in minutes) I'm actually in favor of making Brawling default to DX-4, like any other Easy skill. Wrestling would default to DX-5, while the more "advanced" unarmed skills have no default. This makes untrained hand-to-hand skills parallel untrained melee weapon skills; it actually becomes beneficial for average Joe to pick up that stick to defend himself with. Yes, they'll have to use All-Out and/or Telegraphic attacks to have a chance of hitting, but that's already strongly suggested by Martial Arts (Untrained Fighters, p113). This just changes it from a compulsion to a tactical necessity.
Are you then going to say that the guy with no unarmed skills fights at DX-4/DX-5? Rather than at DX as currently?

Bill Stoddard
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